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Message:: [QUOTE="srkjkd, post: 309832, member: 7248"]in my own opinion..yes. i get so sick at hearing about  collector's getting ripped off by dealers or psuedo-dealers. that is one of the main reasons people leave this hobby w/ a bad attitude. thieves and rip-offs (unnamed  "coin dealers and bullion dealers" who advertise on tv or send out fancy circulars). we have lost so many fellow collectors due to this. i returned to the hobby  after many years as i became fed up with  thieves, grading discrepancies, and often dealer attitudes. i ran my own business part-time.... 'Midwest Numismatic Galleries"..from 1982-1993. i left absolutely disgusted with grading practices, ect.. i have my interest back and have returned for nearly 2 yrs. learned a lot back then and then have been educating myself since i have been back. much wiser now (at least in some aspects!!!). we need to band together and educate the newbies. i can save them  thousands of dollars if they just don't repeat MY mistakes!!!!! i know this is a little rambling and off topic..but my opinion is....you can judge the character of an individual by the way they treat those who can do nothing to, or for, them.     anyway....you should always treat others as you would want to be treated. it would be nice to pick off somebody's 1893-s morgan for $15, but how would you feel it was done to you????   as numismatists, lets help those who are new to the hobby, or are just uneducated regarding  value and grading. bringing more people in the hobby can only be a benefit for all involved  (more collectors = more demand) as well as making friends and doing the right thing !!!   oh well...enough of me.  MERRY CHRISTMAS  to all in our forum. may God  bless you all now and throughout the new year.....steve[/QUOTE]

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